Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-10
SWEPT BY SHEETS OF FLAME.
Furious Forest Fires Raging in Sections
Of Wisconsin.
LOSS OF PROPERTY ENORMOUS
Fields OF Grain ana Acres OF Timber
Annihilated BY the BLAZING
Besom-Rain Comes to
the Rescue.
Destructive Forest Fires.

NEILsvILLE, Wis, August 9.-Forest fires
have broken out again in this vicinity and
are causing considerable damage. The east
fork of the logging camp of Charles SQuires
burned, causing heavy loss. A fire broke out
yesterday on Wedges creek near Hewells-
vile and is spreading radidly. Considerable
apprehension is felt here and the city has been
thoroughly wet down by the waterworks.
Everything Is very dry and IL there
Is no rain within the next twenty-four hours
greater damage than that inflicted last year
may be expected. All day yesterday heavy
gale OF wind prevailed, which swept the
flames and destroyed everything before it.
News has just been received that large
stave mill of Helm & Meyer, on w edges creek
together with thousands of dollars worth of
slaves, Is In great DANGER, and a crew of
men have started from this city to fight the
arss a% soAhsss sss III e d sssns n tas ss THsa
Is hard at work fighting the flames. A large
amount of hay has been burned and other
properly is In danger.
&c. GnAsD RApD .Ii Msh August
part Of Kent county. Woods and fields in
every direction about Cedar Springs are on
fire and nearly everybody Is engaged In fight
ing flames, trying to save farm property.
eral thousand dollars. Famed by a brisk
breeze the flames spread rapidly. If rain does
not come there will be heavy losses. Crops
are suffering terribly. A fire broke out In
the pinerles near Granville yesterday after
noon and there is danger of the village
burning up. Fires are also burning in the
marshes near the city and the smoke Is thick
all about.
COLEMAN, Mich, August 0.-The Coleman
Charcoal company. with 300 cords of wood
belonging to Knapp u Burlington, totally
burned yesterday afternoon by forest fires.
Loss unknown at present Other property Is
In great danger.
ST. IGNAcE, Mich, August 9, 10 80 p. m.-
A change in the wind to the northeast this
morning saved the town. All danger Is now
believed to be past.
~, MHwAykEE, ES, Wis, August a:-ispecIals to to
the fire has caused q loss Of $4,000 by the
burning of 10000 cords of wood. In the
town of Bellevue stable with three teams
Of horses, harness and farm machinery was
turned out en- masse to fight the flames,
which are reported to be spreading rapidly.
MUSHROOM, Mich, August 9-Stimson &
Fay, Hackley & Hume, and +. Alberts are
of lumber on their mill docks. Several fires
occurred last night.
DETROIT, Mich, August 9,-Nine business
houses, the Carson hotel and other property
lives we're lost. The fire originated in q
swamp.
DETROIT, Mich, August "a Free Press
special from Grand Rapids says: Fires are
| still raging north and south of here. Al
Cedar Springs the fire is still raging anc
every man who can be had Is working heroic
ally. Reports from the south, on the Lake
Shore road, say fires are raging in the woods
badly and at Grandville Is still burning in
the lOwlands. From the north discouragine
| reports are received here tonight At Graf
| ton, four miles from Kalkaska, the fame!
and fences. Around Kingsley miles O
| fences and many fields were burned over
| At Ashton the fires are raging badly. Arount
| Ais and west toward ChebOygan the fires ar
burning large tracts of valuable pine anl
| hard wood.